Your example of personal family photos is in no way comparable to storing terabytes of essentially unindexed data for which one has no detailed knowledge about, under the notion that the government is somehow lighting a match to everything, and they're going to save it.

The government doesn't delete anything. It might be moved or inaccessible to the public but that data is somewhere in perpetuity.

It's one of the most deranged larps I've ever seen, then they pat each other on the back on BlueSky, desperately wanting to be a part of something.

These people envision themselves as folk heroes when what they really need to do is go outside and touch grass.

> The government doesn't delete anything. It might be moved or inaccessible to the public but that data is somewhere in perpetuity.

If the government is democratic and values integrity? Sure.

Otherwise I wouldn't bet on it. My own country's history books and my parents' own life stories have already warned me about how fickle democracy is. No democratic country is free from that fact. Some think "checks and balances" ought to be enough to prevent it, but I wouldn't be so sure.

Patently false. https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/fire-1973

If it's inaccessible to the public, it might as well be deleted. What's the difference? If you can't get it, you don't have it.

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